Former Catholic school teacher sentenced to 5 years

Man pleads no contest to video voyeurism

A former Catholic school teacher was sentenced to five years in prison Monday after pleading no contest to video voyeurism charges.

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Joshua Waguespack, who worked as a teacher at St. Peter’s Catholic School in DeLand, was arrested in April. Police officers said he recorded videos of undressed students. Waguespack is accused of using pen cameras to capture video of middle school girls changing for gym class.

Waguespack could have faced up to 15 years in prison, but a judge decided he will spend five years behind bars and will not be allowed to teach again or have contact with any minors without the consent of his probation officer.

"As a mother, I'm very sick to my stomach that this has all happened," said a mother of one of the victims.

The mother spoke directly to the former teacher at the school. The parents of the three victims each had a chance to speak, and one of them read a letter from her daughter.

"This has been effecting my grades, my nervousness, my uncertainty," a mother said as she read from her daughter's letter. "It makes me feel so uncomfortable in some classes."

Waguespack assured the the parents the children were never naked, and he said no one else saw the images he recorded.

"Despite my deep and heartfelt regret for having ever placed cameras in that storage closet, I know that I cannot take back that dreadful mistake," Waguespack said.

But the parents took little comfort in Waguespack's apology.

"I am truly sorry, and I hope and pray for forgiveness, but I am well aware that forgiveness may never come," Waguespack said.

Officers said Waguespack was busted when someone found the images on his iPad, after he misplaced the device.